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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 20, 2011
CONTACT: Capt. Kevin Joffer or Lt. Alan Welsh, SD Highway Patrol, (605) 367-5700
Miner County Fatal Crash
What: One-vehicle fatal crash
When: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 9:15 a.m.
Where: SD Highway 81, south of SD Highway 34 intersection
Driver 1: Joann Faye Dunigan, 52, De Smet, SD, fatal
Vehicle 1: 2005 Kia Sedona
HOWARD, S.D. – A De Smet woman died Thursday in a one-vehicle crash on SD Highway 81 near the intersection with SD Highway 34 about six miles from Howard.
Joann Faye Dunigan, 52, was driving a 2005 Kia Sedona northbound on Highway 81 when it crossed the centerline, entered the west ditch and rolled. Dunigan was wearing a seatbelt. She was dead at the scene.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Miner County Sheriff’s Office and Miner County Emergency Management assisted.
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